The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-09 00:00:00

PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE. CA NADIAN REBELLION. (From the Specta'or.) This question is much too important, and too complieeted in its nature. to be disposed of sententiously as if it were ripe for judgment. " The Canadians," say some, " must h e put (10:" " there must," others will have it, "he a separation." I;t a who can even make a reasonable guess at what will hap. pen ? Such jumping to conclusious is not absurd, only because it has the excuse, as it is the result, of passion. Wounded national pride on the one head, and English hatred of oppres sion on the ether, are, in respect to this Canada question, like enraged dispetants who appeal to " the glorious uncertainty of the law," with a perfect cert a i n ty b etween t h em o f opposite c sults. Before judgment is finally pronounced, eitherparty under goes many a chenge ofopinionas to the end. It will probably be so with the Canada question. Nay, on- observes already a good deal of chcppine and changing of opinion amongst thieie c, en w:to were at ft st most ready to pronounce positively. The sul-ject is by its very nature full of doubt and uncertainty--a kind of lottery, depending on events as to which it is imisessi ble to fortn an opinion. In such cases, conjecture and gu se work generally take a dogmatical shape : in proportion as the means of sound judgment are wanting, the deficiency is sup plied by positiveneee. We shall endeavour to avoid th's too common error. Impressed with no other conviction as to the end of this heginning, than that it will be determined by events not yet foreseen by any one, we shall confine ourselves for the present to inquiry and reflection. If there had been more inquiry on this subject, " the Ltttery of war." as Napoleon wisely called it, would probably have been avoided. I: has been taken for granted in England, that, come what might, the Canadians would never .fig/!t. Ou this assurni.tion, the Colonial office (for the British nation has really had no part whatever in the grievances of which the Canadians complain), has provoked the people into rebellion ; and on this assumption the servants of the Colonial Office in Canada have been left without a force adequate for their pro tection. But the Canadians have fought. Why they should not fight, we could never understand ; though we gave some credit to the general assertion that they would not fight. They have fought ; and all the bearings of the question are chary - ed. Wellington and Peel carried the Catholic Relief Bill, because they believed that the Irish would fight. It was the fighting of the workmen in Paris, in July 1830, which, when nothing else could have done it, at once settled the ques tion between the Revolution and the Restoration in France. Lexington and Bunker's Hill emancipated the United State?, and have exerted, down to this time, a most impor tant influence on the destinies of Europe. As soon as a civil difference ends in civil contest, the origin of the war is almost forgotten in the host of new questions arising out of an event so calculated to strike the imagination and excite the passions of nations. As respects the parties immediately contending, the matter is suddenly brought to the last extre mities; instead of persuasion —negotiation—perhap s recon ciliation, the conquest of one or other party is inevitable, how ever doubtful the chances of war. Such a spectacle is beheld by other nations with trembling sympathy. And never was there a civil war more calculated than that which now exists in Canada, to inflame nations who arc not yet parties in the quarrel. Supposing, as we may readily do, that no foreign Government should interfere at present, yet we hold it for certain that the people of France, to some extent, and the people of the United States generally, stimulated by the proud recollection of their owl% shares in a similar war, will take part against our Colonial Office, and in favour of the Canadian rebels. Thus the Canadian revolt, supposing it to be prolonged for but a year, affords abundant materials for a general war. We want evidence at present as to the effect produced on the other British colonies of North America. by the fighting which has taken place in Lower Canada; but as all of these infant States (and independent States they must be come sooner or later) have more or less to complain of from our Colonial Office; and as the fighting must have convinced them that the Canadians have now no choice but between vic tory with independence and entire submission to a far distant and quite irresponsible rule, it seems more than probable that they will be deeply affected by this civil war. The fighting in Canada is pregnant with great events ; and this appears to be all about which at present there is any absolute certainty. In consequence of the fighting in Canada, the subject of Canadian grievances will come at last to be understood in this country. So long as the colonists did no more than complain and remonstrate, it was a vain attempt to rouse public:attention in England to the causes of Colonial discontent. But the causes of a civil war will soon be inquired into. And it must soon be known that the " practical grievances" of the Cana dians, which the officials have altogether denied, are far more serious than those which drove our old self-governed colonies of America into rebellion. Thus, the system on which our Colonial Office governs from a distance will be brought to light. And this more than probable result of the Canadian rebellion is certainly not to be regretted. The probable influence of the Canadian rebellion on home politics is as yet disregarded. Let this civil war end as it may, however, the stel a of parties in England must be deeply affected by it. Suppose the Canadians victorious, and that, as would then surely happen, this nation's wounded pride gives way, to indignation anainst the authors of the civil war : Eng land defeated I and m defeated in such a quarrel Such an illustration of Toryism as administered by Whigs, could hardly fail to produce important changes at home. Suppose, on the other hand, that the Whig administration of Toryism in Canada should triumph over the revolted people, and that the Canadians were put down and kept down by force of arms : what a victory for a Whig Government!—for the party whose sole dependence is on popnlar support, as their only claim to popularity is founded on their possession of attachment to con stitutional freedom I The Whigs may do Tory work so as to benefit the Tories; but, be the end what it may, they will assuredly suffer themselves. Retributive justice awaits them, come what will. They were warned, but were blind, and are now blinder than ever. They risked all upon the hope that the Canadians would not fight; and their disappointment now leads to desperation. The next intelligence from Canada and the United States may perhaps sober and enlighten them. There has been no occasion since the fighting at Paris in 1830 when opinion was held in such painful suspense by the want of news. In another week, perhaps, we shall be able to speak with less hesitation of the probable results of this momentous civil war. " This was written before the appearance of yesterday's news from Canada and the United States. ----- EFFECT OF THE REDUCTION ON NEWSPAPER STkMPS.—From the table published in Wednesday's paper, it appears that the number of newspaper stamps used in the first year of the new duties, (ending 10th of October last,) was 47,248.000. In the year ending 10th October, 1835, the 'lumber was 30,625,000. The effect of the reduction of the duty, therefore, has been to increase the circulation of news papers 54 per cent. The comparison, we may observe, is a very fair one ; fur in both years the press had the stimulus of a general election. If the years 1936 and 1837 had been cora,iared, the increase would have appeared greater. it must be kept in mind, however, that the increase of 54 per cent. is the result of the reduced duty in the first year of its operation ; and as time is required to develope the full effects of such a change, we may expect a - progressive increase for some years to come. The old duty was threepence and two tenths of a penny: the new is one penny.—Scotsman. SHEFFIELD.--On Wednesday a public meeting of the inhabitant householders, called by the Master Cutler, was held in the Town Hall, to consider the propriety of pe titionin,ethe Quo en in Council for a Charter of Incorporation for the borough of Sheffield. Some other towns also we see are seeking a charter of incorporation,] MOD ERN CLUBS ABROAD.--The information has lately been running the round of the newspapers that a club called the " Cassina" on the model of the modern Fnglish clubs, has been established by the nobility of Vienna. It don not seem to be generally known, that the idea of associations of this description did not originate in England, but was borrowed from Sweden, where one was flourishing in full vigour at the close of the last century. This es tabiihment, which bore the name of " Sallrhapet," or " The Society," was at that time described at length by travellers in Sweden as something peculiar to the country. Acerbi, who la as an Italian by birth, but wrote his works in English, and who is now, we believe, the Austrian Cinsul in E7yrt sreiks of it (in his " Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, in the years 1793 and 1799," published at London in 1802,) as follows:_." The most agreable place in Steckholm for strangers to resort to, is the club called " The Society." It is open at all times, and is the best regulated of ad the clubs I ever knew, The house is magnificent, and furnished with great taste ; neatness, elegance, and good order, reign throughout the whole. At half after two o'clock you find an excellent dinner on the table, of which, however, none can partake except members of the club, and persons introduced by members, so that you always meet with goof! comp:my. Mr. Martin, a Frenchman, who keeps the ' , louse, has alway s th e b est coo k s i n hi s ser vice. I. - litre are few private families in Stockholm where Yeu can dine better th an you d o at t hi s c l u b for h alf a crown ; :newine is n o t i nc l u d e d i n this charge. The house contains hidiard-table, a great ball-room, a parlour, where people meet for tbo purpose of conversation ; a reading room, where you have journals and newspapers of all countries ield in all languages ; a card-room and a dining-room ; all these apartments communicate with each other, and form a attire that extends over the whole front of the building. When the doors are open, you overlook the whole at one view, which Atli a pleasing effect." D r . Cl ar k e , i n hi s " Travels in Botodinacia." speaks of the establishment in terms of appro bation equally warm, and adds, that "strangers are permitted to eoioy all the privileges of the club during two months ; but if they remain longer in Stockholm they must be presented a second time, and become members, or be excluded. Every member subscribes twelve rix-d Mars. In fact, The Society' of Stockholm only seems to differ from the clubs of London in one respect, in which the variation is easily accounted for by the difference in size of the two capitals." " In this So ciety," says Acerbi, " all the people of Stockholm are mixed —both nobility, gentry, and men of business."—Railway! Times. TOUCHING.—From the Star, an American Paper. In the crowded saloon of Mr. Catlin, at the Indian lecture last night, in the midst of an intensely interesting discourse, a person raised himself on tiptoe, and in a solemn and earnest manner said, " Mr. Catlin, Sir, will you have the goodness to stop a moment?" The audience looked with astonishment, and the lecturer paused. " I have lost my little boy in the crowd, and I wish to call him." A dead silence ensued among the twelve hundred people there assembled. " Clark Potter I" cried the father; Here I am, father," squeiked a shrill little voice in a distant corner. Shouts of laughter followed; the urchin was Landed over the crowd to his anxious parent, and Mr. Cat n plroceeded with his lecture in peace. THE CANADA, ( From the Vinlik ttok. SYMPATHY FROY LTPPER CANADA.—GREAT ANTI-CONIiCION MEETING OF THE TOWN SHIP OP MARKHAM. Pursuant to notice in the county newspapers, and by hand bills circulated among the people, a public meeting of the Reformers of Marktain was held at one o'clock in the after- noon of Tuesday, the 19th of September, 1837, on the pre mises of Mr. William Ketchum, in Markham village. About four hundred friends of Reform were present, and they chose Mr. Joseph Tomlinson, clothier, ,to be chairman, and Mr. Peter Milne, wool-carder and merchant ; as the secretary. Their proceedings were orderlb evtry speaker was attentively iistmed to, the resolutions Were calmly discussed, and although many carte armed for F elf-defence there was no violence nur cause for violence. Markham sustained its ancient reputation a 4 the al--de of a friendly people, We do nut encourage 0r , ...ge Lodges and disorderly characters. kfter the usual preliminary proccedinr, the declaration of their grievances, set forth by the Reformers of the city of Toronto, was read to the meeting, and it was moved by Mr. George Eckhardt, seconded by Mr. Joshua Wright, that it be Resolved, 1. That the declaration and proceedings of the Reformers of Toronto. dated 31st July last, having been pub lished in the News, and this day read and explained to this meeting, we adopt the same, as the sentiments of the Reformers of Markham, agree to act upon the princidles therein set forth, an-1 hereby name and appoint as our Delegates to the Provin cial Conv,ntion, Messrs. Joseph Milburn, John Burr, Peter Milne, Joseph Tomlinson, James M'David, Justin Badgerow, and Henry Miller. David Gibson, Esq., 31. P. P. , addressed the Meting, and wa; followed by Mr. Alexander Milne. The Chairman al , o callei their attention to the situation and prospects of the country. The resolution was then adopted unanimously. Mr. Mackenzie, corresponding Secretary of the Reform Associations, earnestly requested the farmers and mechanics to join in the formation of Reform Societies of between twelve and forty members, distributed the necessary papers for the formation of such societies, and occupied the time of the meet ing for about an hour in explanation of the political state and prospects of the colony. After which the ten following resolutions were severally read, submitted to the meeting, and carried by successivA vote; una. nimously in the affirmative:— Moved by Mr. Peter Milne, junior, seconded by Mr. George Henry Summerfeldt— Resolved, 2—That according to an estimate, as carefully made as the nature of the inquiry would admit, the people of the county of York are taxed as follows : First Tax.-9,000/. yearly, as duties paid on goods imported from foreign countries, and the amount repaid to the importers by us, when purchased for our use- Second Tax —lO,OOOl. yearly, to b.: , sent to Europe, being payments for wild lands made valuable by our industry, and pledged to our use and advantage by the Government, but since conveyed, for a small con sideration, to the Canada Company; granted in blocks free to persons in Europe, many of whom never saw our province, and others who have no claim upon it, or, being clergy reserves, not reserved for any clergy, nor sold for education, but turned into cash, and the money transmitted to Loudon. Third.-3,0001. a year, being the taxes levied on our houses, lands, cattle, horses, carriages, mills, stores, and store-houses, much of which is swallowed up as costs of collection. Fourth.-4001. a year as the tax on wild lands unoccupied. Fifth Tax.-8,0001. a year for the use of bank rags, which cost the bank monopolists next to nothing, and when the banks fail, as that at Kingston did a few days ago, with nothing in the till (and as another bank at the same place did some years ago), we, the farmers, are not only losers by the tax, we pay for leave to use paper promises to pay us what such banks owe us, but also likely to lose all the produce and goods and houses, and land we have sold, and delivered for such broken bank promises. Sixth.-1,2.501. a-year tax for leave to keep taverns, which tax falls upon all who frequent the same. Seventh.-8001. a-year tax for leave to keep store and sell liquor by the quart; paid in the long run by those m,ho buy in the store. Eighth.-7501. a_year of tax on the salt we use, although the war losses, to pay which the tax was imposed, were settled off some time since. Ninth.--1501. a-year of tax, levied by John Joseph, clerk to Sir F. B. Head, for licences to one hundred boys and girls to marry, at six dol lars per marriage, although 71d. would meet the expense; and Mr. Jo seph has a handsome salary. Tenth Tax.-11. each to Mr. Joseph for leave to practise surgery, by doctors who come and settle among us (and 21. for each surveyor to measure our land.) Eleventh.—A per centage tax on all merchandise sold by licensed auctioneers, for which license they are also taxed. Twelfth Tax.-3,0001. a year levied on our wheat, flour, lumber, and and other native produce sent to the United States, our best market on many occasions for flour and lumber, such tax being levied on us by the United States Government in retaliation, because the British Govern ment refuses them the use of the St. Lawrence for a free trade, and closes the ports of England against them by those taxes called the Corn Laws. Thirteenth Tax.—Heavy duties levied on our pork, beef, and other produce in the ports of England and Ireland, while Irish and English beef, pork, and other produce is brought into Canada duty free. Fourteenth Tax.—Duties levied in England and Ireland on our wheat and flour sent there for a market, in payment of the goods we buy from thence, while English wheat and flour enter our ports at all times duty free. Fifteenth.—A tax of 1501. a_year for permission to distil into whisky our inferior grain, as a substitute for more costly foreign liquurs. Sixteenth Tax.-3601. a-year to registrars, judges, lawyers, and others, on last wills and testaments, not one in a hundred of which would be wanted had the Bill for a more equal division of intestate estates, as it as it ten times passed the House of Assembly, not been smothered by the Government. Seventeenth Tax.-1,5001. a-year in fees and other vexatious charges on grants of land and the like, the real cast of preparing which documents not being perhaps, 1001. Eighteenth Tax.—Two toll.bar taxes east of Toronto, two toll.bar taxes north of Toronto, one toll-bar tax to the west, and another in pro gress of erection, whereat over 2,000/. a-year of taxes are levied from us, although the wild lands which these roads have rendered more easy of access ought to have been given to pay the interest of those road im. provements, instead of beeng thrown away on those who had no claim to them. Nineteenth Tax.—Elections in this country, during the last ten years, have taken place about once a-year, one year with another. By the refusal of tho Government to agree to the Bill which passed the people's representatives, for carrying the elections into each township, it is estimated that a tax equal to 2,500/. a_year, in loss of time, travel, and expense, is put upon the people of this county, besides the dis orderly conduct occasioned by riotous persons, which that Bill would have lessened. Twentieth Tax.—We are taxed on postages about 3,0001. a-year, although the real service done us does not cost the third of that sum. The remainder is collected by officers, and forms a perquisite to a person at Quebec, in part, while the rest is remitted to London on account of our tribute money. Twenty-first Tax.— We think we may fairly estimate the amount of really useless taxation, levied in the county of York yearly, by frivolous vexatious law fees, not necessary to a decision of the cases tried, at 3,0001. a-year, besides trouble and vexation to the parties, to an ex tent not equalled in any other part of North America. Twenty.second Tax.—We are prohibited from buying teas, oils, fish, and many other articles, except in the dearest market, by Acts of Par liament passed in England, to which we never assented, and against whi.eh successive Parliomanis have protested in vain. And such Acts, taxing us without our consent, we verily believe to be illegal, and at variance with the principles of a free Government. Twenty-third Tax..—The tax for the maintenance of poor persons imported by Government from the three kingdoms is a law, but has not yet come into practical operation. Twenty-fourth Tax.—The doubtful character and conflicting nature of our port taxes misleads many worthy persons in this county as to their meaning, and gives rise to seizures of the property of our mer. chants and farmers to the amount of 500/. a year, the proceeds being shared by collectors, common informers, and Sir Francis B. Head. Twenty-fifth Tax.—The tax collected on our waggons for leave to stand in the market-place of Toronto, and the heavy taxes just laid on our imports, as harbour dues in that harbour. Saying nothing of from 10,000 to 18,000 dollars of local taxes levied on the citizens of To ronto by the expensive machinery of their municipal system. We are convinced that, to get rid of this organized system of oppres sion, we must depend much more on ourselves than on any man or tot of men in England, and we see the necessity of establishing Reform Societies of from twelve to forty, an I will proceed to their organization. Reform cannot prosper without popular enthusiasm. Moved by Mr. Peter Hemingway, seconded by Mr. Justin Cadgerow. Resolved, 3. That the imposts we have named, and other heavy taxa tion, is deeply injurious to the settled inhabitants of the province; be. cause it withdraws from circulation the gold and silver, substituting in its place, by the contrivances of the Governor of the Bank of Upper Ca nada, worthies, paper of bankrupt banks; because it drains our province of its specie, to enrich individuals or associations in Europe, and dis courages those homemade productions and domestic manufactures, which are suited to this fine country ; because it lowers the value of lards and farming produce; because it prevents emigration hither, and and occasions the removal to other lands of many of our most estimable and wealthy settlers ; because a great share of the procee..s, and ref loans raised in Europe on the credit of our farms, are wasted uselessly, pilfered by Government officers, expended in enormous salaries on Governors and other transient persons, who came here in poverty, and return to Europe after acquiring fortunes out of the proceeds of our active and ill requited industry; and, further, because many thousands a year are expended in bribing the priesthoods of various creeds to raise strife and debate and trouble and confusion in neighbourhoods where, but for their interference, all would be friendship, unity, and peace. Moved by Mr. Henry Miller, seconded by Mr. John Burr. Resolved, 4. That the governors and rulers of this colony have com bined with others, cur enemies, to prevent as far as they dared the edu. cation of our young men, have sobbed our common schools of 225,000 acres of valuable lands, secured to them near:y half a century ago, upon the honour of the King and Government of Britain—have kept other 500,000 acres of the same school lands a wilderness for forty years, so that no one child of Canada was ever enabled to learn his A B C by means of the proceeds ; the Government have also crushed every effort of the House of Assembly to make a large and suitable endowment for education, although absolutely necessary for the working of popular in stitutions; and while the children of the pensioners and placemen at Toronto have a college and masters which cost Upper Canada 100,000/.. those eminently useful men, the common school teachers, are grudged their miserable pittance of some 31. or 4/. a half-year. Acting on the same principle, the British Government in Lower Canada have con. vetted public seminaries of education into soldiers' barracks, and shut up in one day 1,200 common schools, by refusing to allow the House of Assembly to appropriate the needful supplies to uphold and maintain them. England is governed by a❑ Aristocracy of Whigs and Tories, and both are enemies to the progress of knowledge. In 1820 there were millions in England who could neither read nor write, and 3,500 parishes in which not one school was to be found. And even now, with great perseverance, Mr. Roebuck has been able to obtain only 20,000/. a-year from the nation to support national education, which was voted reluctantly. Such a Government will honour the Colonels and Captains who teach man to kill his fellow, but wil' let the poor schoolmaster, who is continually doing all the good he can, pass through life in obscurity and indigence. Moved by Mr. Mark Shell, seconded by Mr. Moses Hemmingway, Resolved, 5. That one great cause of the commercial and agricul. tural distress now felt in Canada is that cruel monopolising code of laws made in Europe, whereby all other nations except Britain are shut out from a free trade with the countries on the banks of the St. Law rence—while, on the other hand, the Canadians are shut out from the use of the Hudson by their own Government laying on heavy and bur densome duties and taxes on those articles they could best purchase in the New York market, and prevented by Great Britain and the United States from selling their staple articles of export to the best advantage, being hemmed in on all sides by the anti-commercial regulations of other countries, and neglected and despised by that power which is the most hound in honour and justice to have guarded Canada's rights. Under these circumstances we will to the utmost of our power abstain from wearing the livery of other lands, encourage the use of Canadian cloths and other goods, and consume as little as possible of the merchandises which iia s t• r k! paid duties and tax2s to the British or any Foreign Go. Moved by Mr. Henry Kennedy, seconded by Mr. James M`David, " Res.olved,-'6. That wo. have looked with earnest attmtiod to the course taken by the Government of England, and by the people of Lower Canada, and the assembly of their choice, and we condemn the atrccious resolutions moved by Lord J. Russell fir coercing the Cana dians, and governing them by the iron rod of colonial despotism. If their and cur money can continue to be taken from them and us, without their and our consent, for bate and unworthy purposes—by resolutions passed in Europe, or by Legislative arts made there by persons ignorant of Canada—if hank natters with vat powers can be granted and sent out to a fe* Monopolists or favourites by a Queen or King from Eng -1 trlti, in clefianc, of the resolves of the popular branch of the Legisla. Lure and the requirements of the Constitution, then are those who submit to such oppression unworthy of the name of freemen, and unfit to be the depositaries and guardians of British or Canadian liberty. And we do hereby nominate as a Cornmitt‘e of vigilance and public safety for the township of Markham, a ,, d to encourage political associa tions, to mdntain cur politica! rights, and sprea I useful kno,ledgeT Nle , srs. Joseph Mill:llrue, Michael Isomer, Joseph Vancize„ Thomas Morgan, Martinet Iladgerow, George Robinson,. John Burr, Willia:n Stockdale, Peter Hemmingway, Henry Miller, Duncan Weir, Mark Shell, Peter Milne, jun., James Fulton, G. H. Sum merfelt, Justin Badgcrow, James M`David, Godlip Eckhardt, Fre derick E khardt, Henry and Jacob Wistner, Charles M`Gary, Thomas Smock, Timothy Monro, Daniel Horner, Nathan Miller, Abraham E •khardt, Joseph Miller, William Duncan, Christian Reesor, Em manuel Doner, Joseph Doner, Joshua Lamoureaux, Henry Kcnedy, Peter Shell, Moses Hemmingway, Peter Stalee, Dudley Wilcox, Marcellus Nl`Keen, John Shell, Christian Henry, jun., John Necles, William Canticy, v. ith power from ti:ne to time to add to their num bers —seven to be the quorum. Moved by Mr. GODLIP ECKHARDT, seconded by Mr. CHARLES M`GARY. Resolved, 7. That being well assured of the love of liberty and hatred to oppression by which the Honourable LOUIS Joieph Papineau and his patriotic countrymen of Lower Canada are animated in their present noble struggle, we are determined to make common cause with them, and do hereby declare that we would consider the redress of their grievances as the best guarantee fur the redress of our own, which ob ject we verily believe would have been obtained had responsible execu tives, on the principle laid down by Dr. Rolph, Mr. Baldwin, and the other members of the Executive Council of January, 1836, been con. ceded to the colonists. Moved by Mr. Joseph Milburn, seconded by Mr. Thomas Smock, Resolved, S. That Messrs. Rolph, Macintosh, Morrison, Parke, Gib. son, Duncombe, Moore, and others of the minority of the present As sembly, deserve well of the people for the noble stand they have made against executive tyranny and oppression. Moved by Peter Stalee, seconded by Mr. Timothy Monro, Resolved, 9, That, with a population of 15,000 or 16,000 souls, this Riding is represented in Assembly by but one Member, while other places, the population and property of which united is less than ours, send many Members, whereby we are deprived of our just influence over the imposition of taxes, and our remonstrances as to trade and na vigation unheeded. When such a man as Mr. Hagerman comes for ward to declare " that is would very greatly advance the commercial prosperity of Upper Canada, if its merchants and traders were permitted to import, by way of the United States, such British and foreign manu factures as they require, especially during those periods when the navi gation of the St. Lawrence is closed by ice and the inclemency of the season," it is worth while for the British authorities to take the hint. Moved by Mr. Thomas Morgan, sec sided by Mr. James Fulton, Resolved, 10. That from 30,0001. to 50,0001. a year of the specie raised from our industry by taxation will now have to be annually sent to London to pay interest on what is called the public debt, although, from the expenditure of the money borrowed in our name, partly on pensions, salaries, bank-houses, Welland canals, war losses, and the like we have reaped very little advantage, and scarcely any additional income. Even the 50,0001. law for our roads, sanctioned by the King iu council more than a twelvemonth ago, is forcibly kept from us by Sir Francis Head and those who are solemnly sworn to pursue an unbiassed and honest course towards the country ; and this is done in open defi ance of the requirements of the statute of April, 1836, for road im provements. - Moved by Mr. Isaac Miller, sconded by Mr. Joseph Miller. Resolved 11. That we elected members of the Assembly, agreeably to the constitutional charter, for four year, unless it was sooner dis solved, by the death of the King or a Royal proclamation. The act of the present bribed, pensioned, and corrupt House, sanctioned by that wretched state machine the Colonial-office, and by that pretended Reformer, Sir F. B. Head, to continue itself three years longer, is a violation of our rights, and we hold the acts of a Legislature so consti tuted as imperfect and unconstitutional. The following resolution was moved, but there was no vote taken upon it : Moved by Mr. Nathan Miller, seconded by Mr. Jacoh Wismer. Resolved, 12, That we deeply regret to find that the hitherto peace ful character of this county has been stained and tarnished by a band of cowardly ruffians, by whomsoever led on and abetted, who have brought into the quiet and orderly meetings of our brother farmers, strife, discord, riot, violence, and bloodshed, and lifted their weapons of offence against the innocent, aged, and defenceless of our popula tion, in the presence of commissioners of the peace, and in open day. The business of the day was closed by giving three hearty cheers fur Mr. Papincau, and the cause of civil and religious liberty all over the world ; after which, the people returned to their homes in friendship and peace. (Signed) JOSEPH TOMLINSON, Chairman. PETER MILNE, Secretary. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is gd. for the 41b. Loaf Good Bread may be had at 614 d. TM: Su?:. LoNt)O 4 N, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 184.38. PRICE OF S] Per Cwt. New English Red Cloversss. FS s. 70s 01 , 4 Ditto Ditto s. s. —s New Foreign Ditto s2s. 60s. 68s. Old Ditto Ditto —a. 4. -5. New White Clover sss. 60s. 70s, Olaf Ditto Ditto New Trefoil l2a. 16s. 20s. Old Ditto los. 15s. frefolium 14s. 18s. 21s Fnglisla Carraway —4. 41s. 481. Foreign Ditto —s. 465. 5 .s. Coriander —s. 9s. 11s. Rapeseed, E4g1.....: One ;per Las ;EE DS.—Jan. 8. Per Quarter. St. Foin — "6s. Ms 4.70 Rye Grass 30s. Mt. 7,e4 Lacey Grass .--s 40,. 45s Linseed, for feeding ...455. 50a —s. Ditto, for sawing ...... ...---s. h2s. 54$ Ditto, for crushing a 445. 475. Canary —s 40s. 455. Hemp —F. 335. 40s. Per Bushel. White Mustard 10s. (.4. 13s. NI. Brown Ditto 143.0d. 18s O. Tares 3s. 9d. 44. 6d. t) 371.201....... Foreign 34/. 26/.7 PRICES OF HOPS.—Jan.S. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) East fivnt Pockets.- Ditto Bags Ol. •04 4i. .•to 6' 6w. . Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags oi 03. 4 . U. to 5 . 12s. Sussex Yearlings CI. be. tl. 16s to 3/ 10s. Old Olds PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS. York Reds (from vessel) 3/. 3s. to t 1 los. par ton. Scotch Reds ditto . 2/. 10s. to 3/. 0; ditto Kidneys 0/. es. to 71. 10s. ditto Jerseys V. Ps. to 21. ss. ditto PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb. d. to d. .., _... Per lb d. to d. Crop Hides, 30 to 401 h each IN 13 I Horse Hides, German lO 21 -- 40 50 - Spanish • 12 24 50 60 ... ...... 13 :7 I CalfSkins,3o to 401 b. (doz )*I4 18 dull Hides Butts, Vitriol 17 -- 50 6C .16 21 - English ......... ........ 14 24 7O 100 . •14 `..- 8 - Foreign Foreign Hides lO 12 ------ small 2O 21 Dressing Hides IN 14 Kips Shaved ... 12 15 1 Buds 7 12 Best Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English ...... 9 13 I Shoulders 7 12 • If rounded 2d. to 4d per lb more ____ MEETING OF THE CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF LONDON. List night there was a numerous meeting of the above body assembled in the Theatre of the Mech ides' Ins!itu tion. The chair was not taken until half-past eight o'clock. We, however, cannot prudently attempt to give even a meagre report of the transactions. The placards by which the meeting was convened were varied in expression. We give the following as specimens:— " Labour and live I—To the carpenters and joiners of Londen.—A public meeting of the trade will be held on Monday eveuieg, January 8, 1838, at the Mechanics' lu stitution, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lime, to take ido consideration the extremely oppressive circumstances un !er which the ca-pent , rs of Glasgow are now suffe! ing— namely, that the employers have attempted to reduce their wages six shillings per week—in resistance of which they have now been out eight weeks, and also to adopt measures for their assistance. The chair will be taken at eight o'clock precisely: Cirpenters of London ! the men of Glasgow are at present the parties marked for oppression. Assist them and they will succeed—neglect them and they will be defeated. Recollect, you know not how soon you may be similarly circumstanced.—N. B.—Working men in general are respectfully invited to attend." " Fellow Workmen—The frequent attacks of em ployers and capitalists on the rights of industry, and which have been publcly encouraged or privately connived at by the governing powers, indicate the arrival of the time when working men must vindicate the truth of their principles and the rectitude of their practices—must assert their right to an honourable existence, to a fair equivalent for their labour—or at once surrender themselves a sacrifice to the most cruel and rapacious despotiim that ever tramrled on the sacred rights of man." Mr. BLEWETT, a carpenter, was unanimously called to Vie Chair. He commenced to address the meeting on the nature of the cause which they had assembled to take un der consideration. He lamented that the labourers should be so much oppressed by the capitalists. He hoped that the meeting.would all be unanimous in coming forward to assist their brother workmen in Glasgow. The country generally had responded freely to the call that had been made upon them. The operatives of Glasgow were de termined to stand out as long as they had a shot in the locker ; and he hoped the workmen of London would ne ver allow them to be without a shot. The Secretary of the Association read the correspond ence that hadtaken place throughout the transaction, which comprised the history of the union of the workmen and the counter combination that was entered upon by the masters. He stated that the rules and regulations of the Workmen had worked well for two seasons, but the masters finding that the calls upon the funds of the operative Association were so heavy, and as business was becoming scarce, they had conceived the idea of making a push, and would cut down the men's wages during the winter months Gs. per week. The masters had refused to meet them, and come to an amicable arrangement, but the terms the workmen had to propose were to submit to a reduction of 3s. per week during the winter months. The application appealed strongly to the operatives of London to prevent any one coming to Glasgow to supplant them ; but on the contrary, that they would lend them every assistance in their power, and they, the Glasgowegians, would hold out to the last. He recounted several circumstances which had come to their knowledge which argued favourably to their cause if they were supported only for a short time. Mr. SHARPE, a carpenter, rose to move the first resolu tion. He complained that masters should ask to reduce the wages of men Gs. per week, as he said if they had sought an increase of 6s. per week, it would be made greund of re probation, and used as a pretext for putting down all the Unions in the kingdom. He was convinced that the object of the masters was to strike at the root of the Union. He said it was not merely a question concerning the interests of carpenters, but it was one that affected labourers of every description in Great Britain. He severely censured Mr. O'Connell for the opinion he had expressed in Dublin on the subject of Trades' Unions, and more particularly as Mr. O'Connell had acknowledged, that all the information he had received was from masters. He contended that la bourers had a right to all that they earned, for it was l a bour that made every thing ; they ought not to be put off with a small pittance called wages, while their grand oppressors retained enormous sums, which they were pleased to call profit. He denounced the Tories and Whigs as mere factions, and he feared that Radicals were no better. The Government had from their policy forced Canada into revolt, and they would shortly force this country into revolu tion. Heintended to join theCommunityAssociation, and he would recommendevery one to do the same, and if the object of that Association did not succeed he would have the satis faction to know that the experiment had been tried. It mattered little how a man died at last, for as it was life in this country was already scarcely worth having. The conduct of their oppressors would drive them to desperation and violence. He deprecated, as the most baneful to the working man, the system of inequality of wages. He con cluded with moving the first resolution, which was in sub stance as follows :-- " That this Meeting regard the attempted reduction of the wages of the carpenters of Glasgow from 20s. to 14s. per week as part and parcel of a deep-laid scheme, now gradually developing itself, the tendency of which shall be such a universal impoverishment and degradation of the working population as shall inevitably lead to a broken-spi rited submission to a moneymongering despotism, more cruel, grinding, and oppressive than has ever before cursed the happiness, or blighted the prosperity of any people." Mr. PRYOR seconded the resolution. He said the ques tion was capital against labour, and was in fact a deep-lai7l conspiracy to undermine every Association of the working classes in Britain. He at great length vilified the Whigs for their conduct towards the Glasgow cotton-spinners, and gave it as his opinion that they entertained the same inten tions towards the carpenters. He made a strong appeal to his fellow-workmen to come forward with unanimity and liberality. Any man among them who did not feel the pro per sympathy on the subject deserved the.execration of the whole world. He reminded them, that if the men of Glas gow should be compelled to come to London and take em ployment at reduced wages, it would cost them more ulti mately than it would do to support them now in their struggle with their masters. It was only by union and perseverance that the oppressed could set themselves free. The first resolution was carried. A number of speakers addressed the meeting, and a string of resolutions were passed, for the purpose of carry ing the object of the meeting into effect. PRICE OF OIL Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 24 lk.—Retined, (M.—Linseed Oil, 29" 3 ' Lined Oil Cake at tle , 121. 12s —Rape Cake, per ton 5 5 . , PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of RIK Price of Tallow (as stated loy the Tallow Melters) rRICE OF CANDI.ES The ;rice of good Store Candles ir, the Retail Shops is as follmws : Candles, per dozen, 7s 64. ; inferior, Qs. 61-6foulas, Ud. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. PRICE OF TALI.OI,I Town Tallow 49s. 6d. Yellow Russia White —s. Od. soap Ditto —s Od. Melting Stuff lss. Od. Dam Rough 2:ls ed. '' SOAP, Sic. per 11211 ) . Yellow Soap -s. PAL Mottled —a. 43d Cure .._, Od. Graves SiI al. Good Dregs COAL MAI Per Tor. s. 01. Act:6 is 2l 9 ficnsham riolvivell ' Or.l's Redhus.l4- l4 6 Russell's High Main l9 9 South Hartley 2O Si Townley '2o 6 ylara 22 3 Walls End Gosforth 24 0 Wal.s End Grace Walls End Heaton .,, 3 Walk End Killingworth Walls End Lanchester, Stan_ hupe and Tyne Company Walls End Northumberland 1.3 0 Walls End Flensham 23 6 Walls End Perkins 22 C Walls End Riddell's: Wall, End Walker IN .11 Ships arrived since] K ET.— Jan. I l'er Ton s. Walls End Belmont Walls End IlraddylPs Hettoa 24 9 Walls End Haswell Walls End Iletton Wills End Pemberton Walls End Lambton 2l 6 Walls End Mussel's He:ton 2l Walls End Stewar's -'4 9 Walls End Hartlepool 24 9 Walls End Adelaide .13 9 Walls End Gurcinn Q 3 3 Walls End St. Helen's Tees 93 ) Walla End South Durham 23 6 Wails End Tees ...... Walls End West Helton ....•• ••=') " Walls End Hartley 23 0 Howard's Netherton Main 21 0 Blythe IS 6 Cowpen ast market-•'ay. MR. SUZIVANPS NEW NOVEL, 44 RAFT HALL,' is to appear, we understand, in a few days. dr. Sulivan is a writer rich in fancy, humour, and good feeling. He is well Ilnown to the public as the author of some of the most de lightful tales and dramatic poems that our recent literature has produced ; but we believe that this is his firtit appearance as a regular three-volume novelist. From the title of his forth coming book we may expect it to present,a striking contrast to the g ., nerality of our modern works of fiction. It is, we hear, political and satirical. MR. LODGE'S PEERAGE.—Mr. Lodge, the Nor roy King of Arms, has just published his new and corrected edition of the Peerage for 1838, from the personal communi cations of the nobility. Now that the beautiful engravings of the arms are added, it may safely be pronounced the most ele gant, as it has always been the most correct, work of the kind ever published. From its peculiar feature of giving the col lateral branches, as well as the direct line of each noble house, it contains a mass of family history, the labour of collecting and verifying which must have been i mmense . In all ques tions respecting the births, marriages, deaths, and relationships of the nobility and their descendants, Mr. Lodge's Peerage is justly considered the acknowledged authority. DIARY ILLUSTRATIVE Or THE TIN/E S OF GEORGE IV., WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS OF QUE EN —These are two very curious and highly i n t eresting v if olum We shall he much surprised they do not produce what es. is called a sensation in the upper circles of society. The genuineness of the letters, documents, and details is placed beyond all doubt by the intrinsic evidence afford e d b y the work itself. The first volume commences with the events in Queen Caroline's life, which occurred in 1 810, a n d b r i ngs them down till the time of her leaving this country in 1814. The diary and letters contain many extraordinary statements and remarks respecting certain families of rank and distin guished individuals of that eventful per i od. T he work not only adds much to our knowledge of the characte r and con duct of Queen Caroline, but it affords an insight into many thing relative to George IV. and the Liverpool Adminis tration with which the publ:c were previously unacquainted. Observer. TIIE BALLOT.—At Glasgow, Dundee, and other large towns, we observe that meetings have been held, and resolutions have been passed favourable to the adoption of the Vote by Ballot. On Friday last a numerous meeting was convened in the town of Hawick, at which petitions to both Houses of Parliament were adopted—one for the suppression of fictitious votes—another for tLe introduction of Vote by Ballot. —Kelso Chronicle. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Jan. 8, the Parsec, Nl' Kellar, from Bengal, off Portland ; sailed Aug. 30 ; Faerie Queen, Hookey, from the Mauritius, at Liverpool ; sailed Oct. 17, and from Ascension, Nov. 21 ; Hereford, Reaburn, from Bengal, off Liverpool; sailed from Calcutta, Aug. 2, and from St. Helena, Nov. 15. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Hooghly, Bayley, Sept. 29, and the Westmoreland, Sept. 30, from Calcutta. Departures from the Mauritius.—The Onyx, Nicholson, Oct. 14, for the Cape and Liverpool. The Stirling was to sail Oct. 18, for London. Arrivals at Singapore.—The Haidce, Aug. 23; Patriot, Aug. 25 , General Kyd, Foord, Aug. 26 ; and the Aber crombie Robinson, Scott, Aug. 29 —all from Calcutta. The two latter sailed again for China. Ships Spoken.—The Bengal, Wilson, from Bengal to Lon don, Oct. 28, in lat. 29. 25. S., long. 40. E. ; Barossa, Grey, from Ceylon and the Cape, to Cork, Dec. 15, in ht. 23. 38. N., long. 34. 31. W. ; Lady East, Emery, from Bombay to Liverpool, Nov. 17, by the Faerie Queen, arrived at Liverpool. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Richard Mount, Smiles, and Eliza, Jane, Walker, from London ; Hesperus, from Liver pool ; George and Mary, from London ; and the Janet, Chal rnerc, from Pondicherry. Arrival at Pondicherry.—The Edward Robinson, Parsons, from the Mauritius, in 20 days. Arrival at New York.—The York, Meyer, Dec. 13, from Batavia, sailed Sept. 15. CORPORATION FOR MANCHESTER.--Sheffield has, we perceive, imitated the example of Birmingham, by holding a public meeting to petition the Privy Council for a Charter of Incorporation. We hope that before another week shall have elapsed the Reformers of this town, the only place o f m agnitude without a prospect of a Corporation, will have taken steps to place the municipal affairs of the borough in the hands of housekeepers. Manchester is at present under the same form of government as in 1301, when Sir Thomas Grelle, the then Lord of the Manor, placed the first borough reeve and constables over his vassals, dwelling in what then consisted of a few hovels 1 For nearly three years an Act of Parliament has been in existence, offering us, at the price of asking only, a republican form of self-government; giving to the householders the election of their own magistrates, the chief of whom takes precedence of even the Sovereign on the t h ro ne, in his own borough—yet the freemen of Manchester have hitherto spurned the boon ! Well may the Tories taunt the Irish patriots, who are contending for similar Corporation Reform for Ireland, with this supineness and indifference on our parts. —Manchester Times. The following notice was once posted upon the estate of a Noble Marquis in Kent :—" Notice is hereby given, that the Marquis of Camden (on account of the backwardness of the harvest) will not shoot himself nor any of his tenants till the 14th of September." \Ve are enabled to supply our readers with informa tion, on which they may implicitly rely, as to the exact num ber of additional troops which are destined for Canadian ser vice, viz.:—Six troops of the Ist Dragoon Guards, of 50 rank and file each ; four troops of the 7th Hussars, of fifty rank and file each ; the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards, con sisting of 800 rank and file ; the second battalion of the Cold stream Guards, of 800 rank and file ; six companies of the 11th Foot, of 100 each ; six companies of the 73d Foot, of 100 each ; and six companies of the 93d, of 100 each. It will thus appear that the entire fc rev destined for Canada at pre sent does not exceed 3,900 men.— United Service Gazette. SPORTING INTLI,LIOtNCE TA TTER SA LP S-V RSTERDA V. The attendance in the afternoon was pretty full, but business WAS dt1;1, and afforded little room for observation. The Cobweb colt was talked about, but not backed, nor, although nominally a point better than on Thursday, did he appear to have increased in favour. Grey Momus, Nonplus, and lon, were on the rise, the betting against the 25 to 1 horses of last week, viz., Dormouse and Tranby, having an opposite tendency. For the Oaks, Calisto is decidedly the first favourite, one gentleman having taken 900 to 100 about her, and offered to go on. Closing prices : THE RIDDLESWORTH (MONDAY.) 50 to 40 agst Cobweb colt—taken THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentiock's D'Egville—offcred 12 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—take 13 to 1 14 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—take 15 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—taken 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—offered 28 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's Dormouse—taken and after. offered 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Tranby's dam—ditto 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ilichardson's Monc Adam—offered 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Ford's Quo Minus—taken 25 to 1 agst Dormouse and David Gellatley—taken THE OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Calisto—take 9 to 9 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Unique—take 10 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. 11lostyn's Brown Duchess—taken and after wards offered Newmarket Free Handicap.—We arc authorised to state that Mango, who is handicapped, is declared not to accept. BRILLIANT RUN WITH LORD SUFFIELD'S STAG HouNDS.— On Thursda) se'nnight his Lordship's hounds had their meetir , at Northrepps Hill Farm, where the deer (a present from Lord Chesterfield) ) was unearted at twelve o'clock. After skirting the village near the church, he proceeded- across Roughton Heath to Melton ; from hence he headed back, leaving the park of W. H. Windham, Esq., on the right, he made his way straight across Felbrigg Heath to Runeton, thence to Beeston, and gained the sea shore at Lower Sherringliam, where he continued his career without interruption to Salthouse ; he again took the uplands to belling, and was at last taken at Cley next the sea, but shortly afterwards (lied. His run could not have been less than 17 or 18 miles as the crow flies ; the computed distance of the run was 23 miles, performed in one hour and 45 minutes, and was almost unparalleled for the severity of its pace. What more particularly added to its enjoyment was the rough country and unique scenery over w,hich the chase pursued its course. " Ever and anon" might be seen Old Ocean, with its huge billows almost laving the fleet coursers' feet, while the "wave-tossed mariners" scudded so near tlie shore they could plainly hear the baying hounds and hunters' joyous shout. " Never was heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder." There was a brilliant field of sportsmen, including Lords Suffield and Mahon, Hon. Mr. Wodehouse, Messrs. Micklethwaite and Upcher, and about 60 others ; but, alas ! few were up to tell the finish. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court R as held by the Lord Mayor and Al dermen, to receive the presentments of the Wardmote In quests. Nothing of any public importance transpired. A Mr. Finney, of Cordwainers' Ward, having been elected to serve on the inquests, objected, on "religious and moral grounds," to take the necessary oaths. It, however, turned out, on his being interrogated, that he had always taken the oaths necessary to qualify him fur an elector; and on being informed that the City Solicitor would be instructed to indict him for his refusal the gentleman forcibly demonstrated the pliancy of his conscience by observing "he supposed he must swallow the oath." The Inquest of Cripplegate Ward returned the names of several poor traders for not having taken up their freedons ; and this gave rise to some remarks upon the hardship of per sons in so small a way of business being compelled to pay as large a sum as the first trader in the City. The Lord Mayor promised the subject should come under the consideration of the Court. Mr. Roe and Mr. Young, candidates at the late election of Common Councilmen for the Tower Ward, having an equal number of votes, the Alderman made no return. Mr. Roe presented a petition on the subject, which was ordered to be taken into consideration at the next Court, after which the Court broke up. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Last evening an inquest was held at the Adam and Eve, Bowling-street, Westminster, on the body of Mr. Thomas Taylor, a respectable grocer and cheesemonger, of Great Peter -street, who destroyed himself by cutting his throat with a razor. The deceased had given way to the idea of being left in his old age in a state of destitution, in consequence of his business not being so good as formerly, and several wit nesses spoke to his having been in a state of despondency for the last months. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." Yesterday evening an inquest was held before Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a Jury, at the Northum berland Arms, in Holland street, Blackfriars, on the body of Mrs. Mary Buck, an aged lady, who was burnt to death at her residence, No. 254, Blackfriars-road. Deceased was a widow, and had arrived at the advanced age of 85 years. She lived upon her income, and had been for some time in a very infirm state of health. On Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, a young woman named Sarah Richardson, who attended on the old lady, left her in bed, and placed a lighted candle on the hearth within the fender. She was absent about an hour, and on going into the room found her mistress lying on the floor close to the fire- place, with her head over the fender. She touched her, and finding that she did not move, she immedi ately called for assistance, and was so much alarmed that she fainted away. The young woman's husband who resides in the same house, and a char-woman named O'Bryan, imme diately hastened to the apartment, and on lifting up the de ceased, discovered that the upper part of her person was dreadfully burnt. The jury returned a Verdict, That Mary Buck was accidentally burnt to death. The Prince de Musignano, son of Lucien Buona parte, and known by the name of Prince Charles, is now staying in Paris. He arrived in the capital without the per mission of the Government, but presented himself immediately to the authorities. He paid a visit to the King, and obtained permission to remain in the capital for three weeks. The works published by the Prince o❑ the natural history of Italy and the United States are held in high estimation. He pos sesses considerable acquirements, and is, at the same time, wholly unconnected with politics. One of his first steps was to visit M. Arago. - • - • - Sunday night, between six and seven o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Campbell, cheese monger, Lower-road, Islington. which spread its ravages with tremendous fury. It appears that a police constable, named Ching, 61 N, was on duty near the premises, when he dis covered smoke issuing from the shop. He communicated this to a next-door neighbour, named Gosling, who keeps the Red Lion public-house, and instantly afterwards went to the station. house for further assistance and the parish engine of St. Mary, Islington. The engine, which was in an efficient state, shortly arrived, but unfortunately its power could not for some time be tried, in consequence of the short supply of water. I❑spec tor Miller ordered one of his constables to proceed to town for further assistance, and in a short time several of the brigade and West of England engines, from Farringdon-street and other city stations, reached the spot with a body of firemen, by which time water was to be procured in abundance, but, not withstanding this powerful assistance, Mr. Campbell's house could not be saved, and we are sorry to add that the rear of the Red Lion public-house, has also experienced the same fate. The house of Mr. Smith, pawnbroker, on the other side, is also seriously &imaged, but it is believed that the pledges are all saved. No certain account can he obtained of the origin of the fire, as no person was on Mr. Campbell's premises when it broke out. The cost of human life on the Constitutional side alone, in the present Spanish struggle, is said to exceed a hundred thou-and men. A circular has been received at the different police offices in the metropolis, from the Secretary of the Home Department, ordering a return of the number of persons com mitted as vagrants for the last twelvo months, and also the causes of their committal. These returns are said to have been ordered preparatory to some contemplated alterations in the Vagrant Act. General Sir John Colborne, who occupies so very important a station at this moment in Canada, is the hero of the following chivalrous anecdote :—" At the storming of the heights of Beira, on the Bth of October, 1813, Colonel now Sir John, Colborne, who commanded the second brigade of Rifles, addressed his men before leading them up to the enemy's redoubt, with, ' Now, my lads, we'll just charge up the edge of the ditch, and if we can't get in, we'll storm them and fire in their faces.' They charged accordingly; the enemy fled from their works, and in following them up the mountains, Sir John, in rounding a hill, accompanied only by his Brigade Major and a few riflemen, found that he had headed a retiring body of about 300 of the French ; and whis pering to his Brigade Major to get as many men together as he could, he, without hesitation, boldly rode up to the enemy's commander and demanded his sword. The Frenchman sur rendered it With the usual grace of his countrymen, requesting that the other would bear witness that he had conducted him like a good and gallant soldier l' Sir John answered ibc: appeal with an approving nod, for it was no time to refuse to bear witness to the valour of three hundred men, while they were in the act of surrendering to half-a.clozen."—Random shots from a Rifleman. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY.—We have only time this week to call the attention of our West Somerset readers, and especially those of the middle classes, whom it more particularly concerns, to the advertisement of the above National Institution, contained in our first page, and to the deeply interesting explanation of its principles and details in th e speech of the Chairman, T. L. Murray, Esq., at the meeting at Maidstone, published in our last page. The vast importance to society of the principles propounded by Mr. Murray, will insure for them an attentive perusal by all who desire to obtain the benefits of life assurance, without the risks and inconveniences which at present attend it. We purpose, next week, to detail at length the peculiar features of this admirable institution ; for the present, we will state only, that the Directors are anxious to form a Branch Board for West Somerset, and for this purpose they have allotted to our dis trict a few shares, sufficient to constitute such a Board of Di rectors, to co-operate with the Central Board. Persons desi rous of taking part in its advantages, either as shareholders or insurers, should apply without delay, for we are desirous of reporting to the Directors in London that their views have been carried out in West Somerset, in the establishment of a Local Board for the management of the aff.drs of the Institu tion in this part of the country. To the tradesmr.n and me chanic—to all, in fact, whose means are pre nricus, this So ciety must be invaluable. —Somerset County Gazectc. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USE. The LORD Mavois had received a letter upon a subject the odd motive of which had induced him to withhold it from the public `..or some days, in the expectation that some statement might be made through a scurce of indisputable authority, re lative to the matter of which it treated. The following is thB letter : " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. " My Lord—The writer presumes that your Lordship will kindly overlook the liberty he has taken in addressing a few lines on a subject which within the last few weeks has caused much alarming sensation in the neighbouring villages within three and four miles of London. " It appears some individuals (in, as the writer believes, the higher ranks of life), have laid a wager with a mischievous aid foolardy companion, name as yet unknown, that he durst not take upon himself the task of visiting many of the villages near London, in the three different disguises of a ghost, a bear, and a devil ; and, me cover, that he will not dare to enter gentlemen's gardens for the purpose of alarm ing the inmates of the house. The wager has, however, been accepted, and the unmanly villain has succeeded in depriva ing seven ladies of their senses. At one house he rang the ar,d on the servant coming to open the door this worse than brute stood in a no less dreadful figure than a spectre, clad most perfectly. The consequence was that the poor girl immediately swooned, and has never from that moment been in her senses, but on seeing any man screams out most violently, ' Take him away.' There arc two ladies (which your Lordship will regret to hear) who have hus bands and children, and who are not expected to recover, but likely to become burthens upon their families. For fear that your Lordship might imagine that the writer ex aggerates he will refrain from mentioning other cases, if nything more melancholy than those he has already related. The affair has now been going on for some time, and, strange to say, the papers are still silent on the subject. The writer is very unwilling to be unjust towards any man, but he has reason to believe that they have the whole history at t heir fingers' ends ; but though interested motives are induced to remain silent. It is, however, high time that such a detes table nuisance should be put a stop to, and the writer feels assured that your Lordship, as the chief magistrate of London, will take great pleasure in exerting your power to bring the villain to justice. Hoping your Lordship will pardon the li berty I have taken in writing, I am your Lordship's most humble servant, " A RESIDENT OF PECKHAM." The LORD MAYOR, on reading the account, observed that, as our friends on the other side of the Atlantic were in the habit of saying, it was " extraordinary, if true," In his opi nion it was not calculated for the meridian of London ; but if any trick had been practised by fools he had no doubt that the vigilance of the police might be depended upon to prevent an noyance. It appeared to him that the letter, which was written in a very beautiful hand, was the production of a lady, who might have been terrified by some bugaboo into this mode of obtaining retribution at the hands of the Lord Mayor, but as the terrible wiseacre had not entered the city, he could nut take cognizance of his iniquities. A gentleman stated to his Lordship that the servant girls about Kensington, Hammersmith, and Ealing, told dreadful stories of the ghost, or devil, who on one occasion, was said to have beaten a blacksmith and torn his flesh with iron claws, and in others to tear the clothes from the backs of females. Not one of the injured people had been known to tell the story. Perhaps they did not live to tell it. The LORD MAYOR believed that one of the seven ladies who had lost their seven senses was his correspondent. He hoped she would do him the favour of a call, and he would have an opportunity of getting from her such a description of the demon as would enable him to catch him, in spite of the paid press and police. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Mury Dunn, an elderly woman, of vinegar aspect, was placed at the bar before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged w.th stealing five sovereigns from the person of Mr. John Lucas, solicitor, residing at No. 1, Upper Cleveland -street, Fitzroy- square. She was committed to Newgate for trial. Q UEEN-S Q UA RE. Yesterday Patrick Lyndon, a most strange-looking being, and who to all appearance was suffering under an abberration of intellect, was brought before Mr. GREGORIE, charged with creating a disturbance at the Queen's Palace, and assaulting a police-constable in the execution of his duty. Charles Alderty, a private in the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, stated that he was on daty at the Queen's Palace on Sunday afternoon, about two o'clock. While at his post the prisoner came up to the door of the north portico, and knocked several times. Witness then went to him and asked him what he wanted. The prisoner replied that he wanted to see the Queen immediately, and must see her. Witness endeavoured to persuade him to go away, but he would not, and replied that he ( witness) had no right to prevent him from entering his own house. Witness, seeing that persuasion was useless, gave the prisoner into the custody of the police. William Cleaver, a policeman in the A division, stated that he was called to by last witness to take the prisoner into cus tody, who repeated to him his determination to see the Queen, and added that he was the chosen son of the Supreme Being, and had been sent by his Almighty Father to claim the Queen as his wife, and to snatch her from perdition. He also said he wished to save the court, by preaching to them the Word of God. Witness then endeavoured to take the prisoner into custody, but, finding he made great resistance, he was obliged to have the assistance of some brother constables who, after using great force, ultimately conveyed him to the station-house. Police constable Kitchener deposed to attempting to take the prisoner into custody, when he exclaimed, " I am the shepherd, you are one of my flock," which expression he fol lowed up by taking witness by the legs, and throwing him with great violence to the ground Mr. GREGORIE asked the prisoner who lie was, and to what parish he belonged ? Prisoner—l am the shepherd—the divine King of England; the Queen is my wife; and for my parish you must ask God. Mr. GREGORIE repeated his question, and asked him what induced him to pursue the line of conduct he had done? Prisoner—l was, like to yourself, a terrestrial being, but a mission came to me from high, and I was appointed shepherd to watch over and protect my people. The Queen it my child, and she must obey me. The prisoner continued in this strain for some time, when Mr. GREGORIE said that it was very clear that the prisoner was insane, and, as he was unknown, he considered it his duty to hold him to bail until arrangements could be made for his find) confinement in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner was then removed, declaring that the magis trate would have to answer before God for detaining him. A youth, named Henry Rice, having fallen into the basin, City-road, a quarter of an hour elapsed before he could be got out. The boy was conveyed to the Wenlock Arms, and two surgeons immediately attended, who, after an hour's exertion, were unsuccessful in their attempts to restore the youth to life. A drunken man in the tap-room, waking from his sleep, ani hearing that the medical men had failed in their attempts, staggered into the room and said he could restore the boy, and applying his mouth to that of the youth (at the same time including the nostrils), and by strong suc tion, as if drawing the breath from the patient, actually reno v•ated the lad in a few minutes, to the astonishment of all pre sent. This was the ninth person whom this individual had restored to life in a similar manner. This extraordinary case has excited much speculation, and has led to the conjecture that an instrument might be m ide to answer the means adopted in these instances of resuscitation, which would be highly be neficial in every point of view. PATENT LEVER WATCHES, With silver double-bottom cases £6 6 0 With silver hunting cases 5 16 0 The celebrated construction (the most accurate en which a watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest imvrevements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining power to continue going while winding up, at the above price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London, ( Seven doors from Gracechurch-street.) N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Hyde Park-gate, Kensington, the wife of Captain C.. Forbes, of a daughter. On the 23d ult., at Killiow House, near Truro, the lady of .1. T. Bullock, Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Spondon, Derbyshire, the lady of J. B• Story, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., in Portland-place, the lady of P. Borthwickt Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in New Broad-street, Mrs. Henry Astoa, of a son. On the 6th inst., in Gloucester-place, Portman-square, the lady of T. Borrett, Esq., of a son. Or. the 7th inst., in Guildford-street, Lady Pollock, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 4th inst., at Krmek Breda Church, county Down, Cap' tain Sir Beresford B. M'Mahon , Bart. , of the Scots Fusilier Guar( 3, to Maria Catherine, oldest: daughter of Sir R. Bateson, Bart., ° t 13e1voir Park, in the county of Down, and M.P. for the county O' Londonderry. DIED. On the sth inst., aged 38, Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Ince , Esq., of New Bond-street. At Hillingdon, on the 4th inst., Elizabeth, second sister of Geo' Fuller, Esq., banker, London. On the sth inst., in Portland-place, a few days after giving birt h to a daughter, Eugenia, wife of S. G. Smith, Esq., aged 34. On the 4th inst., at Park Village, Regent's-pask, Mrs. An Devis, aged 71. On the 6th inst., Mr. Joseph Charles Davis, builder, aged b 6, of Great Ryder-street, St. James's. On the sth inst. at Peckham, Wm. Hamilton, Esq., eldes t so' of Captain Wm. Ifamilton, of the Hon. East India Company's la te Maritime Service, aged 30. On the 21st ult., at Amble Link-house, near Warkworth, the r° - sidenee of her son •in-law, Mrs. Fennell, relict of R. Fennell, la ° Hornsey-lane, Highgate, aged 84. On the sth inst., in Dorset-square, Jose Agustin de Liza ur ' Esq., aged 54. On the 3d inst., at Ipswich, S. B. Keene, Esq., of Furnivaro Inn, and Great Coram-street. On the 24th ult., at Bath, George Fryer, Esq., of London/ his 79th year. 1 On the 6th in s t., M r . W m . Hone wood, member of the 1 1 ,.°3.',„ College of Surge ons , age d 24, son o f Mr. Honeywood, of the 'A" Dispensary, Queen-street,. Cheapside. _ London: Printed and Pubtished by MUIIDO YOUNG, 0 e ms 112, Strand, a t The Sun Offiee, No. 112, Strand, in the co" of Middlesex.—Tuesday, January 9, 1838.